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How to get to Luang Prabang

Luang Prabang has its own airport (LPQ). It is also reachable overland from 8 other places in the region.

Luang Prabang has its own airport: LPQ.

UNESCO town. Railway station is 11km out. Slow boat terminus from Huay Xai.

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Direct services into Luang Prabang

FromHowFastestCheapest fare
Vang ViengBus / Minivan / Train5h 30mfrom €12
Vientiane · night serviceBus / Flight / Minivan / Train1h 48mfrom €20
Huay Xai · night serviceBus / Ferry / Minivan8hfrom €29
PakseFlight1h 42mfrom €45
BangkokFlight1h 42mfrom €77
Siem ReapFlight1h 48mfrom €80
Chiang MaiFlight1h 12mfrom €81
HanoiFlight1h 18mfrom €84

Luang Prabang as part of a longer trip

Most people do not go only to Luang Prabang. These are worked itineraries through it — what order to visit everything in, and what the transport costs:

Planning more than one stop?

Getting to Luang Prabang is one leg. If it is part of a longer trip, the harder question is what order to visit everything in — which decides where you fly in, where you fly out, and how much of the trip you spend moving. Viaristo works that out from the places you name.

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Places with a direct service here

Vang ViengVientianeHuay XaiPakseBangkokSiem ReapChiang MaiHanoi